The DHR A Class was a class of gauge
well tank steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
s used on the
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, also known as the DHR or the Toy Train, is a narrow-gauge, gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. Built between 1879 and 1881, it is about long. It c ...
(DHR) in
West Bengal, India. It was the DHR's first standard design of locomotive.
Service history
A total of eight A Class locomotives served on the DHR. The first two, nos. 9 and 10, were built by
Sharp, Stewart & Co. in 1881. The next four, nos. 11 to 14, were built the following year by
Hunslet, although Sharp Stewart supplied the wheel centre forgings, chimney bases, all iron and brass castings and finished injectors. The final two members of the class, nos. 15 and 16, were built by Sharp, Stewart in 1883.
With the exception of numbers 9 and 10, all had been withdrawn from service by 1911.
Number 10 was withdrawn in 1944
[ while in 1948 no 9 passed into the ownership of the Indian government, along with 34 B Class engines.]
Livery
All members of the class were painted DHR green throughout their time in service.
Preservation
Only the frames of one A class were saved following withdrawal, these are kept at Tindharia
Tindharia or ''Tindharay'' (English meaning: 'Three streams') is a village in the Kurseong (community development block), Kurseong Community development blocks in India, CD block in the Kurseong subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the stat ...
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See also
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* Indian Railways
*Locomotives of India
The Indian Railways primarily operates fleet of electric and diesel locomotives, along with several compressed natural gas (CNG) locomotives. Steam locomotives are operated on a few World Heritage Sites and also run occasionally as herita ...
* Rail transport in India
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{{Narrow gauge locomotives of India, state=collapsed
Hunslet locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1881
Steam locomotives of India
Sharp Stewart locomotives
0-4-0WT locomotives
2 ft gauge locomotives
Scrapped locomotives